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burthen

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈbɝðn̩/Part of speech verb, nounSorted behnrtuStarts with BEnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

  1. weight down with a load

Used in a sentence

  • It was with a daughter of Mr Shepherd, who had returned, after an unprosperous marriage, to her father's house, with the additional burthen of two children.
  • Bidding them grope their way out and bestir, […] though the worst Burthen of heat was theirs and the dry thirst
  • It was a vessel of about seventy tons burthen, and shaped something like a Chinese junk.

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